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Associated Content by Yahoo!
Best of AssociatedContent.com Award received in July 2010 for Black Music Month 30-day feature
Featured Arts & Entertainment, Green Contributor

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This was my blog name when ChicagoNow.com was first created.
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1. Physical Acting at Its Best with the Talented Erika Alexander
2. How to Rent Your Chicago Home as a Film Location
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Entertainment Interviews

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"Q&A with Quilete Tribe Wolf Actor Alex Meraz at the Official Twilight Convention in Chicago," Yahoo! Contributor Network, Sept. 11, 2010
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"World of Fun at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2010," Yahoo! Contributor Network, August 22, 2010
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"Damon Wayans Interview, Comedian Releases Serious New Book 'Red Hats'," Yahoo! Contributor Network, May 13, 2010
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"Corey Wilkes Quartet bring funk, jazz and soul to HyPa jazz event at Smart Museum of Art," Chicago News & Events Examiner, August 16, 2010

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"AfroFlow performs at IIT to packed crowd, M.A.D.D. Rhythms is 'amazing,' Chicago poets compete," Chicago News & Events Examiner, May 9, 2010

Click here for the performance video.

"AfroFlow blends hip-hop and spoken word, anti-smoking artist Mike-E on the mic," Yahoo! Contributor Network, original date May 20, 2009, re-published March 2, 2010


"AfroFlow's Mike-E fights tobacco industry through music," Chicago Defender, May 19, 2009
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"Pianist Reginald Robinson brings ragtime to the Oriental Institute for HyPa event," Chicago News & Events Examiner, March 7, 2010

"MC Lyte still a rock in the rap industry," Chicago Defender, March 4-10, 2009, Volume CIII, Number 44

MC Lyte interview
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"Trey Songz is 'Ready' to get back to business," Chicago Defender Online, May 22, 2009
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"Heather Headley makes switch to gospel," Chicago Defender, February 4-10, 2009, Vol. CIII, No. 40

Heather Headley interview
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"Steve Harvey: Act Like a Lady," Chicago Defender, Volume CIII, No. 42, February 18-24, 2009

Steve Harvey interview
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"Ludacrismas was very merry on West side," Chicago Defender, December 24-30, 2008, Volume CIII, Number 34"
Ludacris interview
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"Soul Train reunion to honor show host, Ghent," Chicago Defender Online, January 26, 2009

"Historic Soul Train party rolls through Chicago," Chicago Defender, February 11, 2009

Clinton Ghent interview
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"Q&A with Peter Facinelli, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, at the Official Twilight Convention in Chicago," Yahoo! Contributor
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"Donell Jones let's fans know what's up with upcoming 2010 CD and 'The Lost Files,'" Yahoo! Contributor Network, March 20, 2010
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"Jazz lovers visited Hyde Park for 'Smart Sounds featuring Julia Huff' at 16th HyPa event," Chicago News & Events Examiner, July 18, 2010

"From PA to Tee Tee, Barry Floyd Talks About CW's 'The Game'," Yahoo! Contributor Network, March 21, 2009


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"From child star and actor to rapper, Brandon Adams is back!" Chicago Defender Online, June 24, 2009
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"Ne-Yo comes to Chicago Theatre," Chicago Defender, February 25-March 3, 2009, Volume CIII, Number 43

Ne-Yo interview
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"Comedian Damon Williams brings the 'funny' every first Saturday," Chicago Defender Online, June 17, 2009
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"Skaters go 'Ga Ga' for Keezo Kane," Chicago Defender Online, June 3, 2009
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"Triple Threat: Jeremih, the singer, rapper, musician," Chicago Defender Online, May 22, 2009

Jeremih interview
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"Open Mic Night at the Spoken Word Cafe in Chicago is Back!," Yahoo! Contributor Network, December 13, 2005 (Reprinted in Spoken Vizions magazine, November/December 2004, Vol. 3, Issue 4)

"Khari B., the Discopoet, celebrates poetry through music," Chicago Defender Online, July 29, 2009
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Entertainment Blogs
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"Meeting Spoken Word Artist and Former Child Star Malcolm Jamal Warner," Yahoo! Contributor Network, August 5, 2010
"Celebrity Sighting, D.L. Hughley, the First Celebrity I Met of Many," Yahoo! Contributor Network, July 15, 2010

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"Krumping in Anchorage Alaska with Audio Movement," Yahoo Contributor Network, August 4, 2010
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"Chicago celebrates Juneteenth with Mos Def and more at IMAN's 'Takin' It to the Streets' concert," Chicago News & Events Examiner, June 20, 2010

Click here to see the Mos Def video.
Click here to see the Juneteenth/Mos Def photo gallery.

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"Common's in 'Control' at Best Buy Signing Event," Chicago Defender, December 17, 2008
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Entrepreneurs, Business Interviews
Click here for author interviews.
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"ZAM's 10th Annual Fashion Show and Fundraiser presents Chicago community models and Mayor Daley," Chicago News & Events Examiner, September 10, 2010
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"Real Men Cook Chicago co-founder Yvette Moyo Gillard talks about Father's Day and Chicago community," Yahoo Contributor Network, June 3, 2010
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"SMU professor and marketing exec Erin O. Patton talks about hip-hop, athletes and advertising," Chicago News & Events Examiner, May 8, 2010
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"R2C2H2 Speaks About History, Politics, Jazz, and Art," Yahoo! Contributor Network, May 20, 2008
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"Interview with Darnell Wright, The MySpace Bulletin King," Yahoo! Contributor Network, April 7, 2007
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"Interview with Celebrity Food and Junk Artist, Jason Mecier," Yahoo! Contributor Network, October 4, 2010
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"Wizard Entertainment Founder Gareb Shamus Talks About Childhood, Pop Stars and Wizard World Chicago Comic Con," Yahoo! Contributor Network, July 30, 2010
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"Upcoming Fashion Designer -- P3 Designs Pursue Purpose Passionately," Yahoo! Contributor Network, February 4, 2007
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"Chicago marketing company Commonground owners discuss business, advertising and social networking," Yahoo! Contributor Network, Nov. 22, 2009
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"Interview with Brandon Frame, the Black Man Who Can," Yahoo! Contributor Network, July 7, 2010

Examiner Categories
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Miscellaneous Articles and Reviews

The two-part file below was my first paid assignment. It was about my experience at Northern Michigan University and why I question the literary canon. (Vol. 1, No. 5, November/December 2004)
Citizens in America, part 1
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Citizens in America, part 2
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